Product Review: Tofurkey Vegan Pizza

This blog seems to have turned into a long discussion of my attempts to lose weight by overcoming my obsessive eating habits.  That wasn't my original intention, but I once read a post about how people tend to only present the best of themselves on the internet, giving people an unrealistic impression of their lives.  That struck a chord with me, so I've been trying to keep it real by documenting my attempts and failures.  They've mostly been failures.  In fact, here is another partial failure for you.  I recently started Nutrisystem.  The first week went great, second week had some cheating, third week was a disaster.  I'm not so good with that "will power" thing.  Oh, well.  Fourth week will be awesome, right?  I've lost 7 pounds so far and gained 2 back.  Still in the negative! 

So, back to my original intention for this blog: discussing food!

Tofurkey Vegan Pizza

I was strolling through the frozen food section of the grocery store, looking for something for dinner.  My requirements:

• Healthy
• Child Approved
• No Cooking (I'd been doing too much lately.)

What did my eyes behold, but a frozen pizza from Tofurky!  I love their deli meats, especially the hickory smoked variety, so I immediately snatched it up. 

• Pizza - definitely child approved. 
• Whole wheat and soy protein - healthy approved.  

I opted for the Italian Sausage variety since it came with "fire roasted veggies."  I'm all about finding ways to get my child to eat more veggies and pizza is a good way. 

http://www.tofurky.com/tofurkyproducts/pizza.html

My first impression was that I either didn't cook it long enough or the crust was too thin.  I ended up eating it with a fork and knife because the crust couldn't support all the toppings.  Second impression - spicy!  I didn't end up feeding it to my child for this reason.  I can stand a little heat so long as it doesn't take away from the flavor, but this was a bit much for me.  Third impression - cardboard aftertaste.  Maybe it needs the heat to cover up the not-so-great taste.  Overall: not impressed.  I'd be interested to see if the other varieties are any better.  The price was decent, but I didn't enjoy it enough to finish the whole pizza the first time so I'd rather not waste food by trying another.

Have you tried one of their pizzas?  Thoughts?